Improvement in operating churns and washing-machines



UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. BEVER, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN OPERATING CHURNS `AND WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,330, dated January 6, 1863.

To all whom 2325 may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. BEVER, of Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Portable Power for Operating Ghnrns and Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a partof this specicatiomin which- Figure l `is a side elevation of my invention, partly in section, and applied to a clotheswashing machine; Fig. 2, afront elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a detached view of a churn designed for my invention, or to be applied to it.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a simple and efficient device which maybe constructed at a moderate expense, and applied either to a clothes-washing machine or to a reciprocating churn, for the purpose of admitting of said devices being operated with but little labor.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a stand or bench, which is constructed of a horizontal platform, a, supported by arframing, b. To one end of the platform a there is permanently attached a post, c, which may be slightly inclined, as shown in Fig.r1, and to the upper end of this post there is connected, by a hinge, d, a lever, B, the front part of which is fitted in the upper part of a vertical slotted post, G, which is also attached to the platform a, said slotted post serving as a guide for the lever. In the front part of the lever B there is made a mortise, in which an upright bar, D, is fitted and secured by a pin, e, which passes horizontally through the lever and bar D. The lower part of the bar, D, is connected toaspring E which is attached at one end to the framing b, justl below the platform, and a foot-piece, f, is secured to the lower end of bar D. The spring E has a tendency to keep the lever B elevated to the height of the movement or play designed for it. The outer end of the lever B has a seat, F, upon it, and through the bar D, near its lower part, a rod, g, passes, the use of which will be presently shown.

Gr represents a wash-tub, which is placed on the platform a, and has a pressure diskor rubber, H, inserted in it. This rubber has a vertical stem, I, attached centrally to it, said stem having a rectangular block, J, fitted on it, said block being secured in a mortise in the lever B byapin, h. A pin, i, also passes through the upper part of the stem, above the block J, as shown in Fig. 1.

K K are two arms, which project horizontally from the stem I, at opposite points of it. These arms have each a small pulleyblock,j, attached to them, through which cords k pass. These cords are attached at one end to the post C.

To the platform a there are secured two springs, L L. These springs are placed, one at each side of the post G, as shown in Fig. 2.

In operating the washing-machine, the operator simply depresses the rubber by forcing down the bar l), the foot being pressed down on the foot-piecef, and the rubber H is turned first in one direction and then in the other `by pulling the cords k alternately with the hands.

4A child or boy may operate the machine by sitting on the seat F, with his feet placed on the springs L L, the ends of the cords k being attached to his feet. The springs L L serve as auxiliaries to the spring E, and render the work mere pastime. The child or boy operates the cords k with his feet in order to turn the rubber H.

A small child or boy may operate the churn by standing on the foot-piece f and grasping with his hands the rod g.

In applying the invention to a churn with a reciprocating dasher the wash-tub G is removed from the platform, and the churn M (shown in Fig. 3) is placed on the platform in its stead, the top of the dasher-rod N being tted in the block J. The operation is precisely the same as in the clothes-washing process, with the exception of the operating of the cords k, which, of course, are not required in churning.

The position of the dasher in the churn may be regulated to suit the quantity of cream therein by connecting the lever B `higher or lower on the bar D. This result is attained by passing the pin e through a higher or lower I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The stand A, post c, lever B, post C, bar D, and spring E, arranged substantially as shown, for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with the parts above named, the seat F on the lever B, and the foot-sprin gs L L on the platform a, as and for the purpose speoied.

3. The foot-piece f on bar D, in oombnation with the hand-rod g, When said parts are used in connection with the lever B, post c, and stand A, for the purposes specified.

JOHN T. BEVER. Witnesses:

A. M. WEsTRosE, E. L. GRoss. 

